A petition urging the National Labor Relations Board to eliminate long-standing policies that block workers from ousting unions in certain circumstances faces long odds at an agency historically averse to rulemaking, experts said, but raises some issues the board's Republican majority could see as candidates for action.
Arizona lawmakers cleared a ballot measure that could lead to a ban on race-based diversity, equity and inclusion programming in public workplaces and schools, and Colorado's governor vetoed a bill aimed at curbing employers' use of data gleaned through surveillance to set workers' pay. Here, Law360 looks at notable state-level legislative developments this month that discrimination lawyers should have on their radar.
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission failed to convince a New York federal court Thursday to reconsider a ruling that kept alive a school district's defense in a pay discrimination suit over a female superintendent's lower salary.